Ashes, clashes and bushy taches
Subtitle: the talkSport guide to sport's greatest rivalry
By: Gershon Portnoi
Contributors: talkSport (Radio station : London, England)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Simon & Schuster, Limited
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781471128509
Subjects: Test matches (Cricket); Anecdotes
Description: SPORTING EVENTS, TOURS & ORGANISATIONS. In the summer of 2013, cricket's greatest rivalry will be renewed as England take on Australia to see who can win the Ashes, arguably sport's smallest trophy, but one that has cricket lovers everywhere transfixed. With almost 140 years of history behind it, the Ashes have provided some of the greatest and funniest stories in sport - from touching moments, as when Andrew Flintoff consoled a distraught Brett Lee after England's narrow Test victory in 2005, to the truth about who holds the record for downing the most beers on the flight between the two countries. With characteristic talkSPORT insight and irreverence, Portnoi looks back at the greatest players and matches in Ashes history, reveals some of the extraordinary goings-on in the changing rooms and unearths some of the most bizarre cricketing trivia. And yes: the bushiest tache of them all, Merv Hughes, does feature!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.